학술논문

Upgraded divertor Thomson scattering system on DIII-D.
Document Type
Article
Source
Review of Scientific Instruments. Nov2016, Vol. 87 Issue 11, p11E508-1-11E508-3. 3p. 1 Diagram.
Subject
*ELECTRON temperature
*THOMSON scattering
*ATOMIC scattering
*PLASMA gases
*IONIZED gases
Language
ISSN
0034-6748
Abstract
A design to extend the unique divertor Thomson scattering system on DIII-D to allow measurements of electron temperature and density in high triangularity plasmas is presented. Access to this region is selectable on a shot-by-shot basis by redirecting the laser beam of the existing divertor Thomson system inboard -- beneath the lower floor using a moveable, high-damage threshold, in-vacuum mirror -- and then redirecting again vertically. The currently measured divertor region remains available with this mirror retracted. Scattered light is collected from viewchords near the divertor floor using in-vacuum, high temperature optical elements and relayed through the port window, before being coupled into optical fiber bundles. At higher elevations from the floor, measurements are made by dynamically re-focusing the existing divertor system collection optics. Nd:YAG laser timing, analysis of the scattered light spectrum via polychromators, data acquisition, and calibration are all handled by existing systems or methods of the current multi-pulse Thomson scattering system. Existing filtered polychromators with 7 spectral channels are employed to provide maximum measurement breadth (Te in the range of 0.5 eV-2 keV, ne in the range of 5 × 1018-1 × 1021 m3) for both low Te in detachment and high Te measurement up beyond the separatrix. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]